World Fantasy Awards 1978
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Where and When:
World Fantasy Convention,
Forth Worth TX :
October 15, 1978
Eligibility Year: 1977
Judges: Charles N. Brown, Carl Jacobi, Stephen King, T. E. D. Klein, Karl Edward Wagner
Eligibility Year: 1977
Judges: Charles N. Brown, Carl Jacobi, Stephen King, T. E. D. Klein, Karl Edward Wagner
Life Achievement
Novel
- Winner: Our Lady of Darkness, Fritz Leiber (Berkley/Putnam)
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
- The Hour of the Oxrun Dead, Charles L. Grant (Doubleday)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “The Chimney”, Ramsey Campbell (Whispers)
- “The Bagful of Dreams”, Jack Vance (Flashing Swords #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians)
- “Jeffty Is Five”, Harlan Ellison (F&SF Jul 1977)
- “Loveman's Comeback”, Ramsey Campbell (More Devil's Kisses)
- “Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight”, Avram Davidson (F&SF Apr 1977)
- “When All the Children Call My Name”, Charles L. Grant (The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V)
Collection/anthology
- Winner: Murgunstrumm and Others, Hugh B. Cave (Carcosa)
- Cold Chills, Robert Bloch (Doubleday)
- Swords and Ice Magic, Fritz Leiber (Ace)
- Whispers, Stuart David Schiff, ed. (Doubleday)
- The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V, Gerald W. Page, ed. (DAW)
Artist
Special Award, Professional
- Winner: Everett F. Bleiler
- Edward L. Ferman, for F&SF
- Donald A. Wollheim, for DAW
- Judy-Lynn del Rey & Lester del Rey, for Ballantine
Special Award, Non-professional
- Winner: Robert Weinberg, for publishing and editing
- W. Paul Ganley, for Weirdbook
- Gary Hoppenstand, for Midnight Sun
- Stephen Jones, for Fantasy Tales
- Harry O. Morris, for Nyctalops
- Jonathan Bacon, for Fantasy Crossroads
Special Convention Award
- Winner: Glenn Lord
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